The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 1,485 - May 16 2021

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1962 No. 1 hit for the Tornados TELSTAR
Achieve by bribery SUBORN
American word for plasterboard DRYWALL
Appetiser of vegetables deep-fried in batter BHAJI
Disease or illness MALADY
Epic poem by John Milton PARADISELOST
Fast-growing conifer LEYLANDII
Fictitious winged two-legged monster WYVERN
First-magnitude star in the constellation Orion RIGEL
Gold leaf or gilt metallic ware ORMOLU
Golf course in Gullane, East Lothian MUIRFIELD
Gossiped in a friendly or intimate manner SCHMOOZED
Highly emotional play or film MELODRAMA
Highly spiced Eastern rice dish PILAU
Intermittently stopping and starting OFFANDON
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Irish dish of potato griddle-cakes with various fillings BOXTY
John -- --, English author of spy thrillers LECARRE
Male pleasure-seeker PLAYBOY
Mountain in Switzerland near Lucerne PILATUS
Occurring once every five years QUINQUENNIAL
Portmanteau word for England's two oldest universities OXBRIDGE
Ringo, one of the Beatles STARR
Robert Allen --, Bob Dylan's real name ZIMMERMAN
San --, resort on California's Pacific coast DIEGO
Stopped and robbed a vehicle en route HIJACKED
Supreme creator god in Norse mythology ODIN
Thermionic valve used to generate continuous oscillation DYNATRON
Town south of Cumbernauld AIRDRIE
US slang for an amulet or magic spell MOJO
Very famous and admired or spoken about LEGENDARY